Self-heating attachment for sad-irons.



C. W. HARRIS.

SELF- HEATING ATTACHMENT FOR SAD IRONS.

APPLICATION FILED APB.22, 1912.

Patented June 3, 1913.

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SELF HEATING ATTACHMENT FOR SAD IRONS. APPLICATION FILED APK.2Z, 1912.

1,063,793. Patented June 3, 1913.

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WlTNESSES Chi/ 65 WHCZ/W'rZ/S 'NVENTOR ATTO R N EY muumsu PLANOGRAPH C(L,WASHINGTOM n g CHARLES WESTERMAN HARRIS, OFBEAV MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, 0F ONE-HALF TO JOHN PENNSYLVANIA.

EB FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR, BY

w. YOUNG, or NEW BRIGHTON,

SELF-HEATING ATTACHMENT IEQR SAD-IRONS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES 1V. HARRIS, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Beaver Falls, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Self-Heating Attachment for Sad-Irons, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in self heating sad irons.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple, efiicient and comparatively inexpensive attachment, adapted to be applied to an ordinary sad iron in place of the common detachable handle to convert such sad iron into a self heating sad iron, and capable of adjustment to fit sad irons of different sizes.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, with in the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a sad iron provided with a self heating attachment, constructed in accordance with this invention. Fi 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a central transverse sectional view, Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the deflector. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view, illustrating another manner of securing the attachment to a sad iron. Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view, showing another form of attaching'means for securing the attachment to a sad iron. Fig. 7 is a detail View of the rear bolts shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is adetail horizontal sectional view on the line 88 of Fig. 1.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings in which is illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, the self heating attachment, which is adapted to be applied to an ordinary sad iron 1, comprises in its construction a casing composed of adjustable walls Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 22,

Patented June 3,1913.

1912. Serial No. 692,463.

2 and a horizontal top 3, fitted on the upper edges of the walls 2 and connected with the sad iron 1 by means of a hook bolt 4, engag ing and embracing the transverse bar or portion with which the ordinary detachable handle (not shown) is usually connected. The hook bolt is equipped at its lower end with an open hook 6 and at its upper end with a nut 7, and in order to maintain the hook bolt positively in engagement with the transverse bar or portion 5 of the body of the sad iron, a sleeve 8 is arranged on the bolt. The sleeve 8 is provided at its lower end with opposite notches 9, and it straddles the transverse bar or portion 5 and receives the bill of the hook and covers the entrance or opening to the latter and positively confines the bar or portion 5 within the hook 6. The sleeve 8 extends upwardly from the cross bar or portion 5 to a deflector 10, which forms a stop for preventing the sleeve from moving upwardly on the bolt 4.

The walls 2, which constitute the body of the casing, are preferably in the form of, a band and consist of a strip of sheet steel or other suitable material, bent at the center to form two sides, which are bowed or curved to conform to the configuration of the sad iron 1. The lower ends or edges of the band or body of the casing embrace the upper portion of the sad iron 1, and it is supported upon the same preferably by means of nuts 12 of bolts 13, which assist in securing an asbestos lining 14 to the inner faces of the walls of the casing. The nuts 12 form abutments or shoulders at the inner faces of the walls and rest upon the top of the sad iron 1. The terminals of the band are arranged at the rear end of the sad iron, and the opposite walls are connected thereat by a transverse bolt 15, having a nut 16 and adapted to permit the casing to be adjusted to fit sad irons of difierent sizes. The transverse bolt 15 holds the lower edge of the walls of the casing in tight engagement with the side faces of the sad iron 1, and maintains the nuts 12 of the bolts 13 in position for engaging the upper face of the sad iron 1. When the nuts of the bolts 4 and 15 are tightened, the self heating attachment is securely fastened to the sad iron. By securing the attachment to the sad iron in this manner, it may be readily applied to and removed from the sad iron and ma be used on sad irons of different sizes an on any of the ordinary forms of sad iron found on the market for use in connection with the ordinary detachable handle.

The top 3, which consists of a plate, is provided at its lower face with a marginal groove 17, receiving the upper edges of the walls 2, which are preferably provided at the said upper edges with recesses 18 for permit-ting free access of air to a burner 19. The groove 17 is formed by spaced ribs or flanges, formed integral with the horizontal top wall or plate 3. The top plate or wall 3 is also provided at points in advance and in rear of its center with depending transversely disposed flanges 20 and 21, which space the deflector from the top wall or plate 3. The front flange 20 extends a greater distance from the top wall than the rear flange, and the deflector is set at an inclination for throwing the flame downwardly against the sad iron. The deflector is preferably pro vided with an asbestos lining 22, and it has depending side flanges 23, the lining 22 being extended over the inner faces of the side flanges 23 to the lower edges thereof. The deflector also serves as a shield to prevent excessive heating of the top plate or wall, and the recesses 18 are located in a plane above the inclined deflector. The deflector is secured to the top plate or wall by vertical bolts 24, piercing the deflector and the top plate and also the bottom portion of an approximately U shaped handle frame 25 and provided with nuts 26 and 27, engaging the lower face of the top Wall and the lower face of the deflector and rigidly connecting the said parts. The deflector may also be provided with a central tubular stem 10*, extending upwardly from the deflector and arranged on the central bolt 4 and fitting against the lower face of the top wall, and the spacing sleeve 11 may be arranged on the tubular stern 10 The frame 25 supports a handle 28, and a shield 29 is preferably arranged beneath the handle.

The burner 19, which is of the ordinary construction for the use of gas, may be of any preferred type, and it is supported in an inclined position by a rear depending arm 30, constituting a rear wall and having an opening 31 in which the burner is secured. The rear terminal portions of the side walls of the casing are provided with recesses 32 as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and the vertical edges of the recessed portions of the side walls terminate short of the burner and fit against the inner face of the depending arm, which is approximately U- shaped in horizontal section to embrace the said portions of the side walls and to assist in preventing the side walls from spreading. The burner extends downwardly and inwardly through the depending arm at a point between the recessed portions of the side walls of the casing and passes between the rear portions of the side flanges of the deflector, and the flame of the burner is directed against the top of the sad iron.

In Fig. 5 of the drawings is illustrated another form of the invention in which the casing 33 consists of a single piece or casting, the top and the side walls being formed integral with each other. The casing 33, which is fitted upon a sad iron 34, is secured to the same by vertical front and rear bolts and 36, having threaded upper and lower terminals 37 and 38, the lower terminals be ing secured in threaded sockets 39 of the sad iron 34. The sad iron 34 is a common sad iron of the ordinary construction with the top plate, shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, removed, and the threaded sockets 39 are located in advance and in rear of the longitudinal recess 40 into which the extremity of the burner 41 extends. The casing is provided at its bottom with integral horizontal hookshapcd lugs 4-2, extending inwardly from the inner faces of the sides of the casing and projecting over and resting upon the upper face of the sad iron 34 and engaging the walls of the recess 40 at opposite sides thereof. The rods or bolts 35 and 36 are provided at their upper ends with nuts l3, which engage the upper or outer face of the top wall or portion of the casing. The rear bolt 36 is provided at a point inter mediate of its ends with a curved bend 44, extending around one side of the burner and conforming to the configuration of the same. The longitudinal recess 40 has a curved bottom 45, which enables the flame to sweep along and impinge against a relatively large surface of the sad iron to increase the heating effect. Instead of employing vertical bolts, horizontal bolts or screws 46 may be used for securing the lower portions of the side walls of the casing to the sad iron, as illustrated in Fig. 6 of the drawings. The burner passes through an opening 47 in the rear wall 48, which extends entirely across the casing.

What is claimed is:

1. The combination with a sad iron, of a self heating attachment including a casing comprising side walls conforming to the configuration of and embracing the exterior of the upper portion of the sad iron, and a top wall, means for securing the casing to the sad iron, heating means carried by the casing, and a handle connected with the casing.

2. The combination with a sad iron, of a self heating attachment including a casing comprising side walls conforming to the configuration of the sad iron and embracing the exterior of the sad iron and expansible to fit sad irons of different sizes, and a top wall, a fastening device connected with the top of the casin and provided with means for engaging time sad iron for hmw aawmaw securing the casing to the same, a handle connected with the top of the casing, and heating means carried by the casing.

3. A self heating attachment for sad irons including a casing comprising side walls adapted to conform to the configuration of the upper portion of a sad iron and consisting of a flexible strip having its terminals adjustably connected at one end of the sad iron, and a top wall fitted on the upper edges of the side walls, means for securing the casing to a sad iron, a handle connected with the casing, and heating means carried by the casing.

4t. The combination with a sad iron, of a self heating attachment including a casing open at the bottom and comprising side walls conforming to the configuration of the upper portion of the sad iron and adapted to fit the same, means for detachably securing the casing to the sad iron, a burner extending through the back of the casing to the open bottom of the same and carried by the said casing, an inclined deflector also carried by the casing and spaced from the top thereof and located above the end of the burner, and a handle connected with the casing.

5. A self heating attachment for sad irons including a casing comprising side walls adapted to fit the top of a sad iron, and a top wall, a hook bolt extending through the top of the casing and provided at its lower end with a hook for engaging a sad iron, a sleeve arranged on the bolt and receiving the bill of the hook, heating means carried by the casing, and a handle connected with the latter.

6. A self heating attachment for sad irons including a casing comprising side walls adapted to fit the upper portion of a sad iron, and a top wall, a bolt extending through the top of the casing and provided at its lower end with a hook for engaging a sad iron, a sleeve arranged on the bolt and receiving the hook and provided at its lower ends with opposite notches, heating means carried by the casing, and a handle connected with the latter.

7. A self heating attachment for sad irons including a casing comprising side walls adapted to fit the upper portion of a sad iron. and a top wall, a deflector located beneath the top wall in spaced relation with the same, a bolt piercing the deflector and the top wall and provided at its lower end with a hook for engaging a sad iron, a sleeve arranged on the bolt and receiving the hook thereof and provided at its lower ends with notches, said sleeve having its upper end fitted against the deflector, which forms a stop for the sleeve.

8. A self heating attachment for sad irons including a casing comprising side walls adapted to fit the top of a sad iron, and a top wall, a deflector arranged within the casing and provided with a tubular stem fitting against the top of the casing, a bolt piercing the top of the casing and extending through the tubular stem and provided at the lower end with a hook, a sleeve arranged on the bolt and receiving the bill of the hook and extending from the same to the deflector, heating means carried by the easing and extending to a point beneath the deflector, and a handle connected with the casing.

9. A self heating attachment for sad irons including a casing comprising side walls conforming to the configuration of and adapted to fit the top of a sad iron and consisting of a flexible strip having its terminals arranged at one end of the sad iron and the top wall provided with a depending arm or wall embracing the side walls at the rear edges thereof, a burner extending through the rear wall and supported by the same, means for securing the casing to the sad iron, and a handle connected with the casing.

10. A self heating attachment for sad irons including a casing comprising curved side walls adapted to tit the top of a sad iron and consisting of a flexible strip having its terminals arranged at one end of the sad iron and provided at the upper portions with recesses. adjustable means for connecting the sides at a point below the said recesses, and a top wall arranged upon the upper edges of the sides and provided with a depending arm or wall litting in the said recesses and embracing the adjacent portions of the side walls, a burner extending through the depending arm or wall and supported bv the same, means for securing the casing to a sad iron, and a handle connected with the casing.

11. A self heating atlm-hnient for sad irons including a casing comprising adjustable side walls adapted to tit the upper portion of a sad iron and provided with inwardly projecting means arranged to rest,-

upon the top of the sad iron. and a top wall. means for securing the casing to a sad iron. heating means carried by the casing, and a handle connected with the latter.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, l have hereto aflixcd my signaure in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES WESTERMAN HARRIS.

\Vitnesses GEORGE A. Smcnooxs,

M. J. McMINN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

